- Irena Sendler [owa]: I remember what Father used to say. You see a man drowning, you must try to save him even if you cannot swim.
- Karolina Rozenfeld: Why do I have to be a Jew?
- Irena Sendler [owa]: You were born into the Jewish faith.
- Karolina Rozenfeld: What if I want to be something else? I don't like being hated by everybody.
- Irena Sendler [owa]: Everybody does not hate you.
- Karolina Rozenfeld: Yes they do. You know it's true. What did we ever do? It's not fair.
- Irena Sendler [owa]: No, It's not.
- Title Card: Irena and Stefan were married in 1947. Sendler saved 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust. In 2007 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Irena died in Warsaw, Poland in May, 2008. She was 98 years old.
- Title Card: World War II rages through Europe. In occupied Poland, the Germans have established the Warsaw Ghetto for all the Jewish residents of the city. Over 440,000 Jews are forced inside its walls.
- Title Card: There are some Poles who want to help...